Category Archives: News and Events

After learning of a security breach at his company, Equifax, CIO Jun Ying exercised all of his stock options and then dumped them on the market. Ying accomplished all of this activity before Equifax disclosed the breach publicly. The security … Continue reading →

This isn’t brain surgery. HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson was shocked, shocked that aides and his wife selected a $31,000 dining set as part of a HUD office remodel. However, an August 2017 e-mail from the HUD office administrator is … Continue reading →

Don Blankenship. former CEO of Massey Energy, the then-owner of the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia, is now a candidate in West Virginia for the U.S. Senate. No matter that the signs of protestors outside his campaign events … Continue reading →

Ben Brafman, attorney for defendant Martin Shkreli, at Mr. Shkreli’s sentencing hearing. With defense lawyers such as this, who needs prosecutors? Mr. Shkreli, who was found guilty of fraud earlier, was sentenced to seven years. The sentencing guidelines provided for … Continue reading →

In 1994, the Mollen Commission issued a report that concluded that police in New York City came up with various arrest strategies in order to increase their overtime pay. The strategies included questionable arrests, multiple arrests, and the involvement of … Continue reading →

He is a brilliant surgeon. He is a kind man. He is the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. And, as HUD faces $6.8 billion in budget cuts, he chose to redecorate his office. The new dining table is a … Continue reading →

Now there’s a headline that leaves you scratching your head. The Regents for the Arizona system are all over it — they asked for a meeting to seek legal advice on the coach’s $1,5 million per year contract. Yes, it … Continue reading →

Russian curler (you know, curling –the Olympic sport in which you watch a tea kettle glide down the ice) Alexander Krushelnnytsky and his wife took the Olympic bronze in this year’s competition. However, a drug test revealed that Mr. K … Continue reading →

The Wall Street Journal reports that folks are so obsessed with meeting their Fitbit goals for the day that they have developed techniques for meeting their activity level goals without participating in all that nonsensical and taxing exercise. Tape the … Continue reading →

USA Today, February 7, 2018. Observation 1 — Was it an out-of-body experience that they witnessed it? Perhaps “experienced”a candidate hitting on them? Observation 2 — Is this really the best approach for landing a job?

The Inspector General came out with his report on Veteran Administration Secretary David Shulkin’s July trip to Europe. You can read the full report here: https://www.va.gov/oig/pubs/VAOIG-17-05909-106.pdf. Herewith, some highlights: 1. Less than two weeks before the 11-day trip began, the … Continue reading →

Now there’s a headline that is a tad disconcerting. New York Times, February 15, 2018, p. A21. Raphael A. Sanchez, the top lawyer for immigration in the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Seattle was charged with wire fraud … Continue reading →

from the late Melvyn Weiss, a plaintiff’s lawyer whose firm (Milberg Weiss) recovered an estimated $20 billion in damages for corporate fraud for shareholders. Ironically, Mr. Weiss ended up in federal prison for 30 months for funneling money to investors … Continue reading →

A middle-school young ‘un wrote into The New York Times“The Ethicist” column (Sunday, February 11, 2018), which appears courtesy of Kwame Anthony Appaiah. This poor little soul had witnessed friends cheating on a test when the teacher left the room. … Continue reading →